netdev - Re: [PATCH 0/2] rhashtable: Arbitrary rehashing

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Message-ID: <20150309223207.GB18010@jtriplet-mobl1>
Date:	Mon, 9 Mar 2015 15:32:07 -0700
From:	Josh Triplett <josh@...htriplett.org>
To:	Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
Cc:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, tgraf@...g.ch,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/2] rhashtable: Arbitrary rehashing

On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 09:26:31AM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote:
> Hi Dave:
> 
> These two patches implement arbitrary rehashing in rhashtable.  The
> idea is based on the hashtable in net/bridge/br_multicast.c plus
> the suggestion by Josh Triplett to avoid using two linked lists.

Awesome.

> I have tested it using netlink but obviously more testing especially
> using netfilter would be welcome.
> 
> After this I would like to explore the idea of allowing multiple
> rehashes in parallel.  This would allow us to not have to rehash
> synchronously when the table gets too big and the previous rehash
> hasn't finished.

Aieee.

- Josh Triplett
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